Sting was one of the only men to stay loyal to WCW and reject the advances of Vince McMahon and WWE during the 90s. The would-be Vigilante may have wrestled his first WWE match against Triple H at WrestleMania 31 in 2015, but he had at least contemplated making the move in the early 90s, while he was a top guy in WCW. Sting was at loggerheads with former WCW Vice President Jim Herd back then. Herd was low-balling Sting, offering him a contract worth far less than what Sting had envisioned. When neither man would budge on their demands, Sting thought about calling Vince and enquiring about a job. It never came to that, of course, and Sting stayed with WCW (where he would be one of the top earners). Ric Flair has bemoaned this fact, stating that Vince and his marketing team would have made Sting a bigger star than he ever could have dreamed of being, had he chosen to give WWE a call. It's hard to disagree with that sentiment, as Sting really was perfect for the WWF of the 90s. Not only did he have a very attractive look, as far as advertising and merchandise are concerned, but he could also work. It would have been like having ultra-marketable Ultimate Warrior, only a Warrior who could regularly work four-star matches with Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart. Sting would have fit not only the Cartoon Era and the New Generation Era, but also the Attitude Era, since he proved he could get a little dark and move with the times, reinventing himself as 'Crow' Sting in 1997. Out of all the talents that eluded WWE in the 90s, Sting is the one they should have been breaking the bank in order to procure.
